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Study Finds Sewage Bacteria Lurking in Hudson River Sediments

Study Finds Sewage Bacteria Lurking in Hudson River Sediments

December 13, 2018
public health   urbanization  

A new study coauthored by Andrew Juhl, a biologist at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, shows that fecal bacteria from sewage can persist in far greater quantities in near-shore sediments than in the water of the Hudson River.

Climate Change Has Made Western Megadrought 38 Percent More Severe, Say New Estimates

Climate Change Has Made Western Megadrought 38 Percent More Severe, Say New Estimates

December 13, 2018
climate change   Drought  

The current megadrought in the American West may be one of the most severe in the past 1200 years—and research by Columbia bioclimatologist Park Williams found climate change is partially to blame.

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